Helicopter carrying VIPs gone missing in Sarawak

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

From the Star

Helicopter carrying VIPs reported missing in Sarawak

[Mulyadir Fitri 0]

The chopper is a Eurocopter AS350 B3 rego RP-C6828 leased by Hornbill Skyways from the Phillippines for the state election

 

http://www.jetphotos.net/photo/8226582

Edited May 5, 2016 by Mulyadir Fitri

[KK Lee 5]

Pax name according to rumours mill;

 

1. YB Dato' Noriah Kasnon, Timbalan Menteri MPIC

2. Tuan Asmuni bin Abdullah( suami TM)

3. Datuk Dr. Sundaran Annamalai , KSU MPIC,

4. Dato' Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad, Pengerusi MPOB/ AP Kuala Kangsar,

5. Ahmad Sobri bin Harun ( pengawal peribadi)

[Prestley Shim 0]

Search still going on as of 1:40am today. Can hear the SAR aircraft activity on Kuching ATC.

[Mulyadir Fitri 0]

Debris has been found

 

http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/05/06/missing-heli-update-chopper-debris-found-at-sg-batang-lupar/

[Eddy Liew 0]

Update:

 

Debris believed to be from missing helicopter found.

 

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/05/06/missing-copter-debris/

[Cire 0]

Looking at the debris retrieved, looks like a rapid drop from flight. Maintenance surely comes into the picture. We have not really gotten over the news of the Semenyih crash, and now this..

Condolences to the families of the victims..

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

I am looking forward to Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar by-elections soon.

[Cire 0]

Last of the victim have been retrieved from the river. It must have been a sudden catastrophic mechanical issue that could have caused the helicopter to loss flight and plummeted into the river so rapidly. No distress call, and very fragmented debris of the aircraft may have suggested very rapid descent. Will there be any clue at all as to the causes of the crash or will it too remained a mystery?

[charles 0]

Is this same type as the Police Squirel ? Looks too small for a 6 seater